The main event of the 2024 Australian Tennis Championships is in full swing. Following the elimination of No. 5 seed Zheng Qinwen in the second round of the women's singles competition, another heavyweight seeded player suffered defeat and was eliminated! In the match against No. 28 seed Svitolina, No. 4 seed Paulini lost two consecutive sets after winning the first set, suffering a reversal. As a result, after being eliminated, Zheng Qinwen successfully gained an unexpected joy. Although Zheng Qinwen was eliminated after competing with German player Siegemund, the outcome was already determined. However, after the elimination of No. 4 seed Paulini, Zheng Qinwen's situation actually improved, at least the points gap between the two did not become particularly large.
In the first set, Svitolina took the lead to enter the game state and completed a break. Paulini was not to be outdone and made timely adjustments to return a double break to her opponent, successfully overtaking and completely suppressing Svitolina in momentum. Afterwards, Paulini gradually entered the game state and completely suppressed Svitolina in momentum, leaving Svitolina powerless to fight back. Finally, Paulini completed the hold again, taking the first set 6-2 and taking the lead, while Svitolina fell into a passive situation.
In the second set, Svitolina's game state rebounded from the bottom, and she was subjected to a fierce attack by Paulini at the beginning! Even though Paulini had given it his all, he was still at a disadvantage to Svitolina. In the third and fourth games, Svitolina broke and held consecutively, winning two games in a row to take a 3-1 absolute lead. Afterwards, Svitolina launched a counterattack and achieved certain results, but Svitolina was in better form, winning the game 6-3, pulling one game back and rewriting the score to a 1-1 draw, putting the two on an equal footing again.
In the third set, Svitolina's game state erupted completely, breaking and holding consecutively at the beginning and completely suppressing Paulini in momentum. Although Paulini has been through many battles, he was still powerless to fight back. Svitolina gradually entered the game state and began to control the situation in the contest with Paulini. Finally, Paulini's momentum was gone, and Svitolina easily won the decisive set 6-0.
After three sets of play, Svitolina, who lost the first set, pulled back two sets in a row, defeating No. 4 seed Paulini with a big score of 2-1! Thus, the biggest upset of the Australian Tennis Championships was born, and No. 4 seed Paulini was eliminated. Although Paulini's elimination is beneficial to Zheng Qinwen to a certain extent, if Zheng Qinwen wants to achieve better results in the new season, she still needs to rely on her own efforts. Finally, do you think Zheng Qinwen can replicate the performance of the 2024 season and reach new heights?